My version of Heavenly Dao is too old, so it's full of bugs.

Chapter 269 The Great Tribulation of Ascension, Thunder God Takes the Lead!
[Cough cough...Are you crazy?]

The Bewitching Master stiffly turned his head, staring incredulously at the Heart-Shepherd Mech God behind him: "Didn't you sense the divine power emanating from this person? If the two of us don't join forces, we'll surely die today."

puff! !
The Shepherd God behind him, expressionless, attacked again, tearing his Yang God apart.

The Bewitching Master let out a scream, and his entire body spewed out his soul essence.

The Rust Man slowly walked up and, after absorbing the soul essence, was still not satisfied. He took a bite of the Soul Master's remnant soul and began to feast on it.

The Shepherd Heart Machine God withdrew its hand and stood obediently beside the Rust Man, motionless like a puppet.

A flicker of realization crossed the master's eyes: "You are Mu Xin's remnant soul?"

"No, that's not right! You only stole control of the Machine God's core! You're the guy who's been hiding in the shadows all along?"

The Rust Man suddenly tore a large chunk of the Soul Master's soul from his body and swallowed it.

"It was only then that we realized it, but it was too late!"

"But it's not easy to fool you! I started planning this at the end of the Heavenly Dao 6.0 version and it's taken thousands of years to finally trick you!"

"If it weren't for requirements from above!"

"I should have allowed your soul to recover for a while longer."

Upon hearing this, the remnant soul of the Bewitching Master finally couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh: "So someone above wanted to kill me. No wonder! No wonder you were able to sneak into the Bewitching Smoke silently and ignore my seal."

"Are there people from my Bewitching Sect in Heaven helping you?"

"Who?"

"Is she my teacher, or my junior sister?"

"Since you're already going to die anyway, why bother asking any more questions?" Rust Man opened his mouth wide and swallowed the remnant soul of the Bewitching Master whole.

A god who had lingered on for two versions of his life fell so easily.

Perhaps from the day He descended to earth, His life was destined to become nourishment for others.

That mysterious rusty man, whose cultivation had already reached the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul realm, could no longer suppress his progress after devouring the soul of a god and took another step forward!
then,

got windy!
The entire Bewitching Forbidden Land suddenly collapsed like a sandstorm, transforming into a storm that pierced through the heavens and earth, entwined with countless rust stones, soaring straight into the sky and questioning the heavens.

I envy the thunderous chariots and the rainbow banners; who opened the magnificent gates of heaven?
Without traversing the ninefold cloud-covered steps, who can measure the brilliance of the stars?
People admire the majesty of the immortals, who can ride thunder as their chariots and use neon lights as their flags, but they do not know who can open that magnificent heavenly gate.

If one cannot pass through these nine heavenly staircases, how can one measure the light of the stars?

Now that the Heavenly Gate has appeared and the Cloud Steps have been completed, a grand road leading to the heavens is right before our eyes, transforming into a rainbow bridge that stretches from the sky all the way down to the rusty man's feet.

With just one step, he could ascend to the heavens and become a star that mortals look up to.

But instead of acting immediately, he raised his head and looked up at the sky with awe!

"Ascension is imminent, but the great calamity is not far off!"

The moment the words fell,
A loud bang suddenly came from the heavens, followed by countless bolts of lightning that rained down from the sky, covering the golden avenue like thorns, instantly engulfing the golden rainbow ascension path and displaying the majestic power of the heavens.

The Great Tribulation of Ascension!!
Arrive!

"finally come!"

A large number of internet celebrities from the Dark Web Church, under the direction of the Great Sage Stealing the Heavens Dark Web, had already surrounded the Bewitching Forbidden Land and set up numerous altars.

When the forbidden zone of illusion is broken, the great calamity of ascension surges forth.

These online celebrities suddenly raised their heads and looked up at the sky with excitement.

"Gentlemen! Begin the sacrifice!"

"Let this world feel the storm from the boundless sea of ​​information in virtual reality, and let all living beings hear the holy decree from the Dark Web of the Great Sage Who Steals the Heavens!"

"Wherever you are, you are in the dark web!!"

Wow wow wow wow ahh!

Dark web influencers from all over the five states joined together in singing and dancing, bringing out all their accumulated and treasured bizarre videos and compilations of entertainment as offerings to the Dark Web Great Sage.

then,

In a dark corner of the heavens, where no one can see, a hidden star system without light began to rotate like a black hole.

The evil god [Deep False Hot Search] from the Dark Web Information Omniscient Pantheon suddenly ignited at this moment, then slowly opened his eyes and cast a ray of gaze upon the human world.

[Ha! No wonder the Great Sage wanted me to personally descend to the mortal realm; the scale of cultivators ascending to immortality is rather frightening.]

At this moment, it wasn't just the "Deep Fake Hot Search" expert who noticed the anomaly of this lightning tribulation.

The entire Blissful Demon Land, the entire Central Continent, and even the entire human realm were all drawn to this sudden calamity!

Amidst the flashing crimson lightning, countless thunderclouds formed in the sky. If a cultivator were practicing lightning magic, they could feel the lightning laws that enveloped the entire human world converging towards the Central Continent, forming an indescribable and terrifying phenomenon!
this moment,
Whether you are in the Central Plains, or in the Northern Wilderness, Southern Toad, Western Desert, or Eastern Victory, wherever you are in the mortal realm, you can see that dazzling lightning and feel the magnificent power of ascension!
This far exceeds the scale of ordinary cultivators ascending to immortality; while not unprecedented in history, it is certainly one of the very few such instances.
Coincidentally, the last time the Ministry of Finance's Zhaoli Internet Immortal Lord ascended to heaven and launched the Heavenly Dao 7.19 version, the lightning tribulation was also this great!

A sense of familiarity washed over them, and the cultivators in the human realm immediately twitched at the corners of their eyes.

"No, come again?!"

Is the Supreme Emperor of Heaven up to something again? Mortals are panicking, and so are the gods.

After all, this tribulation lightning appeared far too suddenly!

There are quite a few vacant divine positions in the Heavenly Court now, but the benefits haven't been fully distributed yet, and they haven't been completely sold off. So if someone ascends to heaven, it's either because Shanghao is causing trouble behind their backs and making reckless promises about divine positions.

Or someone is preparing to establish a new divine position.

As for those evil gods and demons, please, they ascend to heaven through the coronation of the Great Sage, so they never ascend openly and honestly. The tribulations they experience during their ascension are also quite different from the tribulations experienced by the righteous gods of Heaven.

So this guy below looks like he's destined to ascend to heaven.

[Quickly check if His Majesty still possesses the Imperial Seal!]

[Also, check if there are any signs that Heavenly Dao is about to be updated!]

[And I also need to find His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor himself. Make sure he doesn't get caught in the lightning tribulation, otherwise he might actually be able to force the great calamity back.]

[Well, he's the Heavenly Emperor, surely he wouldn't go that far?]

[Heh! No one understands His Majesty better than His Majesty. I advise you to keep a close eye on him.]

【Understood】

Just as the Heavenly Court was in complete chaos, Venus appeared, calmly saying: "[Don't panic, everyone. This incident is not because of Your Majesty, but is related to the demonic force, the Heaven-Slaying Alliance.]"

[I made arrangements before we came to ensure that person would not succeed in ascending, so everyone can rest assured.]

Venus had just finished speaking.

Zhang Jie, the Heavenly Lord in charge of the Thunder Department during this sixty-year cycle, took the Great Dao Divine Weapon Thunderfire Extermination Order and led the thirty-six divine generals of the Thunder Department's Divine Punishment Division into the thunder tribulation, becoming the presiding officer of this ascension tribulation!
Although they cannot actually use their divine power to kill the cultivator undergoing the tribulation during the tribulation due to the principles of the ascension tribulation, they can maximize the power of the lightning tribulation and push the destructive force of the laws to the limit within the rules.

At that time, let alone a mortal who has just begun to ascend, even a true god who comes to undergo tribulation may not be able to survive!
This is absolutely terrifying!

When ordinary cultivators undergo tribulations, the Heavenly Dao usually takes over the test. Only when they encounter extraordinary tribulations or when the Heavenly Court does not want to see the ascendant will one or two thunder gods occasionally step in to preside over the tribulation.

But now Zhang Tianjun and the thirty-six Thunder God Generals have actually come out together?
This is enough for a medium-sized divine war against evil forces, how could it be used to fight a mere ascendant?!
Isn't this a bit too much of a bullying tactic?
The gods of Heaven realized something was amiss and hurriedly asked, "Lord of War, what exactly is the situation with those who ascended from the mortal realm? How could they have attracted such a heavenly tribulation, requiring so many thunder gods to preside over it?"

Don't ask questions you shouldn't! I advise you to stay out of this!

The influence of the Imperial Cult Advancement Law was so great that Venus not only did not tell these gods, but also did not reveal any information to Zhang Tianjun, the chief of the tribulation, or the Thunder Gods.

With the tribulation lightning present, all causal information is severed, so even those who are the main tribulations cannot detect any information.

Let that Imperial Cultivation Advancement Law be buried here forever, otherwise the Heavenly Court simply cannot withstand any more destruction.

As Venus thought of this, another wave of pent-up anger surged in his chest, and he instinctively wanted to cough.

But there were too many gods around, so He had to forcefully hold his breath and cast a spell to make his face even more rosy, so that there was no sign of anything unusual.

After confirming that no one had noticed anything unusual,

Venus breathed a sigh of relief, and for some reason, Li Wei suddenly came to mind: [Now I just hope that kid Li Wei can escape on his own, otherwise it would be a pity if he were struck dead.]

Li Wei can't escape now!

The rusty figure, with a red pen in one hand and a pointer in the other, had already completely sealed off the surrounding void, so that even Li Wei, transformed into a Kunpeng, couldn't move at all.

When the lightning tribulation takes shape.

The Rust Man swallowed the Heart of the Machine God in one gulp, and then put on the remains of the Steel God, transforming them into a suit of armor.

"Has this reached its limit?"

Although he had devoured the remnant soul of the Bewitching Lord and donned the remains of the Mechanical God, he still felt no confidence whatsoever.

Especially after seeing the unimaginable thunder and the dark, unfathomable thunder gods within it, as immovable as reefs, he couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh.

"Lei Shuai Tianjun, plus the Thirty-Six Thunder God Tribulations, you really think highly of me."

Why.
If it weren't for that person suddenly sending a message urging him to take action, he would never have acted now; he felt that his preparations were not yet sufficient!
But now that things have come to this, he has no way out!

Therefore,
He needs all the help he can get!

In that instant, the Rust Man suddenly lowered his head, taking in the remains of the Water Rust City cultivators, the bodies of the mutated cultivators from the Mist City, all the Iron Rust examinees behind Zheng Youlan, Li Wei, and the entire Mist Forbidden Land.

It swallowed everything into its own body!
Then He looked up and suddenly stared at the sky: "Today, cultivator Chen Tianyu once again questions the heavens, begging for a divine position!"

"My lords, please show mercy!"

The Supreme Emperor, who was sitting in the Lingxiao Palace, saw this scene and a cold glint flashed in his eyes. He immediately turned off the live broadcast, picked up the rusty arrow, and crushed it into powder!
I had intended to give you a chance, but you are rotten and have lost all your edge; you are utterly unfit for any use.

This person is dead!

But you must survive!

The Heavenly Emperor then took out the new arrow that symbolized Li Wei and gazed intently at the arrowhead in his hand.

Using the Ascension Tribulation as a refinement and the divine body of Chen Tianyu as a embryo, it should be able to alleviate the killing intent of the Thunder Law, allowing you to incubate within the Ascension Tribulation and merge the vitality of the Imperial Teaching and Advancement Laws with the Thunder Law's Awakening of Insects Transformation, right?

you.
Please don't waste my painstaking efforts!

(End of this chapter)